City of Gainesville - File #: 070275.

• File #: 070275.
• Version: 7
• Name: One Stop Homeless Assistance Center (B)
• Type: Discussion Item
• Status: To Be Introduced
• File created: 1/7/2010
• In control: City Manager
• Final action: 8/20/2009
• Title: One Stop Homeless Assistance Center (B) This item is a follow-up to the August 20, 2009 City Commission referral authorizing the City Manager to prepare a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 108 Loan Guarantee Application to use as a potential funding source for the gap financing needed to move forward with the development of the One Stop Homeless Assistance Center. This is a request to authorize the City Manager to submit a loan application in an amount of $2,100,000 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to participate in the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and to amend the City of Gainesville FY 2008-2009 Annual Action Plan to reallocate an equal transfer of CDBG-R and CDBG funding between two projects, the One Stop Homeless Assistance Center and the Booker T Washington Subdivision Roadway and Drainage Improvement project which is located between NE 8th and 10th Avenues, and 15th and 16th Terraces.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/20/2009	6	City Commission	Approved as Amended	Pass
4/16/2009	5	City Commission	Approved as Recommended	Pass
10/16/2008	4	City Commission	Approved as Amended	Pass
8/21/2008	3	City Commission	Approved, as shown above (Motions)
4/21/2008	2	City Commission	Approved as shown above (Divided Question)	Pass
8/27/2007	1	City Commission	Approved as Recommended	Pass
8/13/2007	0	City Commission	Continued	Pass

Title
One Stop Homeless Assistance Center (B)

This item is a follow-up to the August 20, 2009 City Commission referral authorizing the City Manager to prepare a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 108 Loan Guarantee Application to use as a potential funding source for the gap financing needed to move forward with the development of the One Stop Homeless Assistance Center. This is a request to authorize the City Manager to submit a loan application in an amount of $2,100,000 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to participate in the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program; and to amend the City of Gainesville FY 2008-2009 Annual Action Plan to reallocate an equal transfer of CDBG-R and CDBG funding between two projects, the One Stop Homeless Assistance Center and the Booker T Washington Subdivision Roadway and Drainage Improvement project which is located between NE 8th and 10th Avenues, and 15th and 16th Terraces.

Explanation
The One Stop Homeless Assistance Center project is a proposed 12,000 +/- square foot, 60-bed facility that will be developed for the purpose of providing services to include, but not limited to, shelter, medical, meal distribution, counseling and other supportive services, such as case management, educational and life skills training, and to promote opportunities for homeless persons to obtain self-sufficiency.

As approved by the City Commission, staff is continuing to negotiate the purchase of the ADC Development Group, LLC. (ADC) site for the One Stop Homeless Assistance Center located at the 800 Block of NW 53rd Avenue and is continuing to work with the GRACE Marketplace collaborative, the Office on Homelessness and other local providers (the Group) to identify potential financial resources for the development and operation of the One Stop Homeless Assistance Center.

Initially, the City and ADC agreed in principal to a tentative offer of $633,500 for the purchase of the 12.67 acre...